Hartwig von dem Hage: Margaretenlegende. Tagzeiten

unde schreip ez an besunder

and wrote it down separately.

dô sus der guot sîn ambaht begie.

While the good man was thus carrying out his office,

ein trache ûz einem winkel gie

a dragon came out of a corner;

der was meniger hande varw.

it was of many kinds of colour;

sîn hâr unde bart was goltvarw

its hair and beard were the colour of gold,

daz hier muoz mit leide ligen

so that [I] must lie here in grief,

werswachet under süezen dir.

brought low beneath you, sweet one.

swaz dû nû hoeren wilt von mir

Whatever you now want to hear from me,

daz soltest dû wole selp lesen.

you could well read for yourself,

ob dû mir sanfter woltest wesen

if you would be gentler to me;

dû vindest wile dû suochen.

you will find it, if you will search,

an alt geschribenen buochen

in old written books

des zouberærs meistern Jambrê.

of the master sorcerers Jambres

inheidenschaft und Manbrê

in heathendom, and Mambres,

von ünsererm künnen und ünsererm lebene.

about our kind and our life:

daz wir in hôhen lüften sweben

that we hover in the high air

dâ mit den vîanden allwec.

there with the fiends always;

ûf erde sint selten ünserer wec

on earth our ways are seldom.

hier bî sî dir ouch diz geseit/

Along with this let this also be told to you: